SPECIAL MANURES 215 



1 part each of lime superphosphate and kainit, 

 and J part each of magnesium sulphate and 

 sodium nitrate, and ^th part of iron sulphate; 

 which should be applied at the rate of 2 or 4 lbs. 

 to each tree. 



Lebanon Cedars are benefited by occasionally 

 using a special manure consisting of 2 parts of 

 lime superphosphate, 1 part of silver sand, -J 

 part each of magnesiimi sulphate, kainit and 

 nitrate of soda, and ^-th part of iron sulphate. 

 About 7 lbs. of the mixture should be applied 

 to each tree. The authorities at Kew G-ardens 

 state that the fine old Lebanon cedars are 

 gradually diminishiug. One in particular was 75 

 feet high, and its trunk at the base was 14 feet 



2 inches in circumference, and 11 feet 7 inches at 

 10 feet from the ground ; it contained nearly 300 

 cubic feet of timber. Its age was nearly 150 years. 

 The loss of these picturesque trees is attributed to 

 the adverse influences of a sterile soil, London 

 smoke, and the repeated dry summers experienced 

 in the Thames Valley since 1893. 



Ledums are unproved by special manures con- 

 taining lime superphosphate, magnesium sulphate, 

 kainit, nitrate of soda and iron sulphate. 



Leonotis. — This greenhouse shrub should be 

 occasionally treated with a special manure contain- 



